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The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mediabiz.com/thebridge/?release_id=154#1052 )〕 Operating as an independent entity, TBN is also the world's largest religious television network. TBN is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New York City. TBN broadcasts programs hosted by a diverse group of ministries from traditional Protestant and Catholic denominations, Interdenominational and Full Gospel churches, non-profit charities, Messianic Jewish and well-known Christian media personalities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tbn.org/watch/pdf/schedule.pdf.php )〕 TBN also offers a wide range of original programming, and faith-based films from various distributors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tbn.org/tbn-films )〕 TBN owns and operates six broadcast networks, each reaching separate demographics; in addition to the main TBN network, TBN owns The Church Channel, Smile of a Child TV, TBN Enlace, TBN Salsa and JUCE TV. It also owns several other religious networks outside of the United States, including international versions of its five U.S. networks. Matt Crouch currently serves as TBN's president and head of operations. ==History== The Trinity Broadcasting Network was co-founded in 1973 by Paul Crouch and spouse Jan Crouch as Trinity Broadcasting Systems. The Crouches began their broadcasting activities by renting time on independent station KBSA (now UniMás owned-and-operated station KFTR-DT) in Ontario, California. After that station was sold, he began buying two hours a day of programming time on KLXA-TV in Fontana, California in early 1974. That station was put up for sale shortly afterward. Paul Crouch then placed a bid to buy the station for $1 million and raised $100,000 for a down payment. After many struggles, the Crouches managed to raise the down payment and took over the station outright, with the station becoming KTBN-TV in 1977 and its city of license being reassigned to TBN's original homebase, Santa Ana, in 1983. Initially, the station ran Christian programs for about six hours a day. KLXA continued to expand its programming to 12 hours a day by 1975 and began selling time to other Christian organizations to supplement their local programming; the station eventually instituted a 24-hour schedule in 1978. The fledgling network was so weak in its first days, that, according to Crouch in his autobiography, ''Hello World!'', it almost went bankrupt after just two days on the air. TBN began national distribution through cable television providers in 1978. The ministry, which became known as the Trinity Broadcasting Network, gained national distribution via communications satellite in 1982. The network was a member of the National Religious Broadcasters association until 1990. In 1977, the ministry purchased KPAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, becoming its second television station property. During the 1980s and 1990s, TBN purchased additional independent television stations and signed on new stations around the United States; the purchase of the existing stations was done in order to gain cable carriage, due to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s must-carry rules. TBN's availability eventually expanded to 95% of American households by early 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trinity Broadcasting Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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